"NIGERIANS FIRST, NIGERIANS ALWAYS": ANOTHER POLITICAL DECEIT!

God Bless this nation of ours… Before I properly delve into the issues, permit me to swiftly rearrange the sequence and set the record straight, since the new motto PDP-led government has adopted for another political deceit and manoeuvre during this electioneering season was birthed in the eleventh month of this year. Therefore I will be limiting my assertion, views and conclusion toward recent events, rather, heartbreaking development in the country. Saying- Nigerians first, Nigerians always is deceitful. I will say it’s such a rallying cry that doesn't hold water. The unfortunate state of the nation today has proven otherwise: Burkinabés first, Burundians second, other countries always. As comic as that sounds, sadly it is the reality on ground seeing how the President prioritizes his activities with reference to the unfolding crisis in certain area of the country.

The primary responsibility of the federal government is ensuring the safety of the citizenry, having said this; it is safe to say Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has betrayed a sworn oath of office and has failed to deliver his constitutional mandate of securing lives and properties of all Nigerians. It didn’t say majority of Nigerians, rather, all Nigerians which means there shouldn’t be any ethnical segregation, nor should there be a tribal and regional separation. The “act” is legibly written and it is crystal clear to the blind, completely transparent and unclouded.

Here is my worry with the current administration; we have at the power house a president who talks the talk but does not walk the walk, I mean an administration cannot continue to act in a way that do not agree with the things it says; its action is a direct opposite of its word. With evidence abound, I have every right to say Mr President’s body language and response to the recently intensified Boko Haram onslaught contradicts the fabricated notion of “Nigerians first, Nigerians always”. I do not understand why an administration would prioritize international problem over its internal crisis. Honestly why we do things “vice versa” in this part of the world remains a mystery to me.

 

Let’s call a spade by its name, It was indeed a reckless move by the President, to have jetted out of the country to attend a matter affecting other nation when we have our own troubles, a strong turmoil hitting our territories and while the dreaded terrorist group, the blood sucking beast called Boko Haram were having field day encroaching on our territories, killing men and women at will, raping our young girls, taking over several villages and renaming captured town the commander-in-chief was away in Burkina Faso.

At the moment, Boko Haram seem to have gained all manner of sick momentum, going about their dirty business like a moving-train that crushes anything and everything on its way and sadly the Nigeria Army that once roared with ferocity, echoing across the continent have long been paralyzed. Our one-time gallant soldiers are seen fleeing like cowards, more like toothless lions running for dear life.

As a result of corruption in the system, the soldiers are ill-equipped, the motivation is weakened by the day and in the state of war we've found ourselves today, all this could only bring about low morale for the men at the battlefront.

My heart goes out to the pupils that were bombed during school assembly and I commiserate with the parents and families of the victims, it was such a heartbreaking incident that leaves pain in the heart of many Nigerians. As well wishers, friends and families mourn the departed; the C-in-C was pictured in a cheery get-together with Burundian diplomats a day after the horrendous death of our promising young Nigerians. What an eyesore!

BETWEEN!

I think I have had an overdose of these statements from President Jonathan’s administration; as copied below and they’re beginning to nauseate me beyond redemption.

September, 2010. President Jonathan’s 2011 Declaration Speech

“I charged our anti corruption agencies to speed up the war against corruption, and respect no sacred cows in the process.” – President Goodluck Jonathan

“Let the ordinary Nigerian be assured that President Jonathan will have zero tolerance for corruption” – President Goodluck Jonathan

“We will fight corruption!” – President Goodluck Jonathan

For the record, between 2011 and 2014 Nigeria has witnessed an unprecedented level of corruption.  The missing 20 billion dollars oil revenue funds, Stella Oduah's N255m armoured car scandal, to name a few!

November, 2014. President Jonathan’s 2015 Declaration Speech.

“Going forward, my focus is to continue to reinforce institutions, systems, and processes to tackle corruption, and also to bring to justice those that perpetrate corruption.” – President Goodluck Jonathan

…reinforce institutions, systems, and processes to tackle corruption…  For the record, our anti corruption agencies, the EFCC, ICPC have been less effective, inactive and powerless during this administration than it was with past governments.

… also to bring to justice those that perpetrate corruption… Then I wonder what Diezani Alison- Madueke is still doing at the corridor of power and why Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi, the former minister of Aviation is walking free today. Rather than ensuring corrupt officials face the full weight of the law, the president continues to repatriate “convicts” found guilty of monumental corruption.

The likes of Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the former governor of Bayelsa state, an ex-convict who was detained in London on charges of money laundering in September 2005 and Chief Bode George, the former chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), another ex-convict who was indicted by the EFCC when it was headed by Nuhu Ribadu on charges of fraud at the NPA are both beneficiaries and living testimonies to the PDP’s “stealing is not corruption” campaign.

Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has failed to tackle head-on the issue of Corruption, Injustice and Insecurity that is crushing, wrecking and destroying this country beyond repair and has since brought development to a halt.

Therefore, after seeking the face of God, consulting with friends and family; after witnessing an unprecedented administrative failure from 2011-till date and having listened to the pains and sorrows of many Nigerians. I, Boluwatife Adekunle, have accepted to bring myself forward on the platform of my Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) to vote the PDP-led government out of Aso Rock, in 2015 general election.

Boluwatife Adekunle

@boluzzz